Traduction de «forum sur la ferme familiale » (Français → Anglais) :

The Fédération suggests: - that the monetary value of work done by women farmers on the farm be recognized and included in the farm's production costs; - that financial assistance be granted to women farmers for day care of children under five, or to provide a replacement employee during childbirth and emergencies; - that existing tax measures be improved to facilitate transfer of the farm, as well as a respectable retirement for farm ...[+++]ing parents, so that the parents are not forced to start from scratch and are not left with nothing after giving up their farm; - that the Fédération des agricultrices du Québec continue to receive financial support within the framework of a financial partnership for its activities aiming to enhance the profession, provide training, provide information and ensure networking in order to break the isolation of women farmers; that isolation must be broken—sometimes, women farmers go a whole month without going off the farm; they must be able to work normally; - that women farmers who act as natural caregivers for a loved one, or for an ill or disabled person, receive financial support; - that financial support be provided for the family farm—it is unthinkable that women farmers should be forced to work off the farm to make sure the farm survives; - that more financial resources be allocated to support regional initiatives to prevent psychological distress, as well as support for programs to help battered women and abused children; - that food products made in Canada be identified in order to increase Canadian agricultural revenue; - that the benefits generated by agriculture be regularly published for Canadians; such benefits include jobs created, quality food, the vitality of rural communities and conservation of Canadian landscapes.

2. The Parties reaffirm their firm commitments to the relevant international conventions that they have ratified, regulating the transportation of hazardous biological, chemical and nuclear materials, and agree to cooperate on these issues both bilaterally and in multilateral fora.

However, the debate also validated that the established challenges underlying the social agenda - including the pervasive structural weaknesses in labour markets, demographic trends, the persistent gender inequalities, the changing nature of families, technological change and the requirements for the knowledge-based economy, disparities and poverty, the internationalisation of the economy - should remain a firm basis for future EU action in the field of employment and social policy as well.

In Finland, under Section 8 of the 'Laki eräistä kansainvälisluontoisista perheoikeudellisista suhteista`/'Lag angående vissa familjerättsliga förhållanden av internationell natur` (International Family Relations Act) revised in 1987, Finnish courts will hear matrimonial cases even where neither spouse is habitually resident in Finland if the courts of the State of habitual residence of either of the spouses do not have jurisdiction or if application to the courts of the State of habitual residence would cause unreasonable difficulties and, furthermore, in the circumstances it would appear to be appropriate to assume jurisdiction (forum conveniens) ...[+++].

If the Saskatchewan Wheat Pool was in trouble and if small family farms were going to be negatively affected by the closing down of elevators and all those kinds of things, then all of a sudden, politically speaking, the arm of the FCC could move to understand that in order to support some of these small and medium-sized family farms, perhaps we'd better look at supporting big business.

And I would agree the Wheat Board is.It would be better if it could be changed so that it could have more impact on family farms. But I'm concerned about enshrining something in legislation that, politically, can be interpreted, in order to hold up the investment, or in order to hold up these family farms, and then pretty soon the money is going to big business and we've lost our focus.